That game is going to super fun to watch. It's goint to be interesting to see how they shoot with what's goint to be open endless space behind the background. It seems to me like that might be a problem early on.

I'm also pumped for Rutgers basketball this year. We're finally on the rise there to Mike Rice. Should be a fun year watching the 7 Fr develop and then adding Wally Judge to that core in 2012/2013.

Yeah I hope it isn't too close haha but you are right. It will be a little weird for them but from what I know they get a 45 minute practice and an hour shootaround, thing is when the game starts, chances are the conditions change. If we are smart we will just take it down in the paint for easy buckets and get out in transition.

As far as Rutgers, I love the Wally Judge transfer and it sucks he won't be with you guys this year but he is a player who can average close to a double double with a block or 2 a game. Rutgers has always been a good location for basketball and I think is slightly on the rise.

I'm really excited for this upcoming season for Villanova. There are a lot of pretty highly recruited players on the roster who have spent a lot of their careers playing behind guys who recently graduated. The guys on the current roster are more prototypical athletically and in terms of size and skill set than in past years. But only two players (starting center Mouphtaou Yarou and starting PG Maalik Wayns) played significant roles last year, so it will be interesting to see who steps up this year on the rest of the roster. Outside shooting is a huge question mark, but if it's better than expected this team could really surprise, as they're bigger and more athletic than they have been in previous years. It could be a really tough year also, but should be an interesting season. I love college hoops.

Is Auburn's basketball team any good? My alma mater is playing them in a few weeks and I was thinking about making the couple hour drive down there to watch it but I don't really want to if they are going to get killed.

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Brilliant letting one of Scott Pioli's henchmen have his own team to ruin. One of the premier GM jobs in the NFL and it gets handed to a stupid **** who makes three facepalm moves for every good one. Awesome. Just like handing a new Mercedes to a 16 year old girl who's already been in three wrecks.

Is Auburn's basketball team any good? My alma mater is playing them in a few weeks and I was thinking about making the couple hour drive down there to watch it but I don't really want to if they are going to get killed.

Auburn was pathetic last year.

There's a couple good games tonight. Duke/Michigan State on right now, Michigan St should theoretically be down this year but Izzo will have them competitive as always. Also Kentucky/Kansas later, I'm really excited to see Anthony Davis and Thomas Robinson match up.

Well, looks like Aaron Craft is one of the best defenders in the country now, not just the big ten - received some great praise from Billy Donovan. We won with some pretty good defense and ability to shoot free throws at home. We won with Sullinger essentially silent, all alliteration aside that's promising.

Well, looks like Aaron Craft is one of the best defenders in the country now, not just the big ten - received some great praise from Billy Donovan. We won with some pretty good defense and ability to shoot free throws at home. We won with Sullinger essentially silent, all alliteration aside that's promising.

OSU's starting 5 looks legit but I can't help but be concerned about the depth on this squad.

OSU's starting 5 looks legit but I can't help but be concerned about the depth on this squad.

It's always going to be a concern under Matta obviously since he usually ops to play his best 5-7 for the entire game; However, Ravenal (BC transfer to spell Sullinger) did appear to play quality minutes but that's just one game for a short amount of time, so we will see.

We're young as hell - 11 freshmen and sophomores, the concern about the depth is logical. I'm worried as usual about big 10 season. All the talent in the world but the experience of.. (insert analogy that I can't think of).

Also, you can see we don't have a go-to shooter this year. Losing Diebler is going to sting pretty badly throughout the duration of the season. Buford was forcing shots last night, Craft gets no respect for his outside shot and rightfully so. DeShaun Thomas is streaky as ****, and Sullinger needs to show he can hit that 15 footer with consistency throughout the season.

We will see. #3? Maybe. Need to see them play Duke for furtuer assessment.

I should have just said, "Yeah, I agree." Instead I blurt out all of this crap. Mahh bad.

I'm more worried about getting a guy who can consistently knock down threes like we had in Diebs last year than I am about depth. We have nice depth this year, it just appears to be very young. And with that our youth itself is overrated a bit. Sullinger and Craft played basically every game last year with starter minutes and are sophomores. Buford is a wily veteran now. Thomas has a lot of experience. For a young team they have more experience than usual. If Thomas can hit threes consistently then this team can go far with all the skilled athletes they have. Good teams will be able to keep Sullinger from dominating down low like last year when we would have Buford, Lighty, and Diebler destroy the 3 point line.

That Duke game should be a fun one to watch. I'm going to see the team play when they come to Columbia next month to play the gamecocks.

Oh man, my college lost by 36 points tonight against Florida. They are much improved this season, I was hoping it would be at least a little bit closer.

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Brilliant letting one of Scott Pioli's henchmen have his own team to ruin. One of the premier GM jobs in the NFL and it gets handed to a stupid **** who makes three facepalm moves for every good one. Awesome. Just like handing a new Mercedes to a 16 year old girl who's already been in three wrecks.